{"id":1773,"date":"2014-05-27T00:15:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T00:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2014-05-27T00:15:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T00:15:04","slug":"the-war-report-2013-will-note-hawaiis-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/the-war-report-2013-will-note-hawaiis-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"The War Report: 2013 Will Note Hawai\u2018i&#8217;s Occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hT8CBvFQDvU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The next publication of The War Report: 2013 is schedule to be released by <a href=\"http:\/\/ukcatalogue.oup.com\/product\/9780199689088.do\">Oxford Press<\/a> on December 6, 2014. The War Report: 2013 is the\u00a0second\u00a0in a series of annual reports that will give an overview of armed conflicts and occupations for that particular year, and is\u00a0designed as a resource for those working in the field, governments, policy-makers, journalists and the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>For the year 2012, <a href=\"http:\/\/ukcatalogue.oup.com\/product\/9780199689088.do\">The War Report<\/a> reported\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">37 armed conflicts on the territory of 24 states; of the 38 only one was an active international armed conflict, between South Sudan and Sudan. Also reported were 9\u00a0\u201cbelligerent occupation<\/span>s\u201d, which fall under laws governing international armed conflicts. These occupations included the occupation of Azerbaijan by\u00a0Armenia; Cyprus by\u00a0Turkey; Eritrea by\u00a0Ethiopia; Georgia by Russia; Lebanon by Israel; Moldova by Russia; Palestine by Israel; Syria by Israel; and Western Sahara by Morocco. Each of the occupations reported have the following headings: Classification of the Conflict; Summary of Applicable International Law; History of the Conflict; Parties to the Conflict; Casualties; Displacement; and War Crimes Allegations, Investigations, and Prosecutions.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/genevalunch.com\/2013\/12\/10\/war-report-global-report-calls-caution-armed-conflict-label\/\">genevalunch.com<\/a> reported, \u201cThe long-term trend from officially declared wars between sovereign states to armed conflicts inside states and territories has important implications for international justice,\u201d says Dr. Stuart Casey-Maslen, editor of The War Report. \u201cWithout a clearer legal basis for what constitutes an armed conflict under international law, accused perpetrators of war crimes will not be prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe classification of an armed conflict under international law is an objective legal test and not a decision left to national governments or any international body, not even the UN Security Council,\u201d says Andrew Clapham, Director of the Academy and Graduate Institute Professor in International Law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not always clear when a situation is an armed conflict, and hence when war crimes can be punished,\u201d added Professor Clapham. \u201cThe War Report aims to change this and bring greater accountability for criminal acts perpetuated in armed conflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 24, 2014, Dr. Maslen notified Dr. Keanu Sai by email\u00a0that Hawai\u2018i would be noted in the next publication of The War Report: 2013. When Dr. Sai\u00a0met with Dr. Maslen at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law\u2019s office in Geneva on March 26, 2014, the staff of the War Report was already in their final stages of editing the reported armed conflicts and occupations for the year 2013 before submitting the manuscript to Oxford Press. Dr. Sai sought to have Hawai\u2018i included, but realized at the meeting it was too late for this edition.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #373737;\">At the meeting, Dr. Sai presented a power point presentation on the history of the Hawaiian Kingdom and how it came under an illegal and prolonged occupation. Dr. Maslen was also provided with information and evidence of the occupation. In March, Dr. Maslen assured Dr. Sai that a decision would\u00a0be made and if it has been determined that Hawai\u2018i is occupied according to the Academy\u2019s criteria it will be listed on its website\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #1982d1;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geneva-academy.ch\/RULAC\/index.php\">Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts<\/a><span style=\"color: #373737;\">\u00a0in June. The website provides monthly updates on armed conflicts and occupations and is currently under construction, but was scheduled to be\u00a0completed by June.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Dr. Maslen also told Dr. Sai in the email that the\u00a0<\/span>website\u00a0will be completed at the end of July instead of June as previously thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It would appear that the\u00a0information on Hawai\u2018i&#8217;s occupation is what prompted Dr. Maslen to note Hawai\u2018i&#8217;s occupation in the publication of The War Report: 2013. Dr. Sai was very thankful to Dr. Maslen and his staff for the last minute notation, and he\u00a0has been told that the Geneva Academy will be monitoring the developments in Hawai\u2018i for inclusion in the next publication, which will be released in December 2015. <span style=\"color: #373737;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next publication of The War Report: 2013 is schedule to be released by Oxford Press on December 6, 2014. 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